SAINT-NON, Jean Claude Richard, Abbé de. Fragments antiques et Sujets historiques, gravés tant a' l'eau-forte qu'au lavis. S.l. né d., ma Paris, ca. 1780.
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Start Price 3 000 €
Description
Large Folio, mm. 510x325; Binding in half calf of the XIXth century; Engraved Titlepage and 155 copper plates with 288 etchings.
VERY RARE ORIGINAL EDITION.
In 1761 Saint-Non made, along with Fragonard and Robert Hugert, a journey to Italy, where the two artists made hundreds of drawings: many engravings of the collection are taken from these drawings, and include landscapes, views, paintings in Rome, Bologna , Naples, Herculaneum and Venice, as well as numerous antiques and other curiosities. Saint-aquatint He had studied since 1765 and therefore, this work is an early example of considerable level of this refined technique of engraving. Ray, who ascribes the Recueil in the group of "incunabula of aquatint", he considers Saint-not one of the founders, like The Prince.
Ricci: “La composition des exemplaires varie.” Guimbaud, Saint-Non et Fragonard, 1928, pp. 193-200; Cohen-De Ricci 930-931; Ray, French pp. 62-63.
Good copy. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
VERY RARE ORIGINAL EDITION.
In 1761 Saint-Non made, along with Fragonard and Robert Hugert, a journey to Italy, where the two artists made hundreds of drawings: many engravings of the collection are taken from these drawings, and include landscapes, views, paintings in Rome, Bologna , Naples, Herculaneum and Venice, as well as numerous antiques and other curiosities. Saint-aquatint He had studied since 1765 and therefore, this work is an early example of considerable level of this refined technique of engraving. Ray, who ascribes the Recueil in the group of "incunabula of aquatint", he considers Saint-not one of the founders, like The Prince.
Ricci: “La composition des exemplaires varie.” Guimbaud, Saint-Non et Fragonard, 1928, pp. 193-200; Cohen-De Ricci 930-931; Ray, French pp. 62-63.
Good copy. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
